双语美文Don’tcrybecauseitisover勿因结束而哭泣

1、01、Don t cry because it isver 勿因结束而哭泣I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.我爱你,不是由于你是一个怎样的人,而是由于我喜欢与你在一起时 的感觉.No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.没有人值得你流泪,值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣.The worst way to miss someone is to be si

2、tting right beside them knowing you can ' t have them.失去某人,最糟糕的莫过于他近在身旁,却犹如远在天边.Never frown, even when you are sad, becauseyou never know who is falling in love with your smile.纵然伤心,也不要愁眉不展,由于你不知谁会爱上你的笑容.To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.对于世界而言,你是一个人；但是对于

3、某人而言,你是他的整个世界.Don' t waste your time on a man/woman, who isn ing to watswiltheir time on you.不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间.Just because someone doesn ' love you the way you want them to, doesn ' t mean they don ' t love you with all they have.爱你的人如果没有按你所希望的方式爱你,那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你.Don' t

4、 tryso hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.不要着急,最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现.Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.在遇到梦中人之前,上天也许会安排我们先遇到别人；在我们终于遇 见心仪的人时,便应留神存感谢.Don' t cry becau

5、se it isver, smile because it happened.不要由于结束而哭泣,微笑吧,为你的曾经拥有.02、Making Sandcastles 堆沙堡A little boy is on his knees scooping and packing the sand with plastic shovels into a bright blue bucket. Then he upends the bucket on the surface and lifts it. And, to the delight of the little architect, a castl

6、e tower is created.男孩跪在那儿用塑料铲挖沙子,并把沙子装在一个鲜艳的蓝桶里. 然 后他把蓝桶倒 扣在地上,把它提起.让这“小建筑师快乐的是：一座 城堡的塔楼就这样诞生了.All afternoon he will work scooping out the moat and packing the walls. Bottle tops will be sentries. Sticks will be bridges. A sandcastle will bebuilt.他会干一下午：挖护城河,建城墙,用瓶盖做岗哨,用木棍做桥,就 这样,一座城堡建成了.Big city. B

7、usy streets. Rumbling traffic.某个大城市,喧嚣的街道、川流不息的交通.A man is in his office. At his desk he puts papers into stacks and assigns tasks. The phone is on his shoulder and he is knocking the keyboard with his fingers. Contracts are signed and much to the delight of the man, a profit is made.办公室里有一位男士.坐在办公桌

8、前,他把文件堆叠在一起,布置任务.他将 夹在肩头,手指敲击键盘.合同签字生效,让这位男士快乐的是,一笔盈利就这样到手了.All his life he will work, formulating the plans, forecasting the future. Profits will be sentries. Capital gains will be bridges. An empire will be built.他一生都会工作：制定方案,预测未来.红利就是岗哨,资本增加就 是桥梁.一个帝国就这样建成了.Two builders of two castles. They have

9、much in common. They shape little pebbles into grand buildings. They are diligent and determined. And for both the tide will rise and the end will come.这两座承包的建筑者有许多共同之处.他们会把细小的沙石变成宏伟的建筑.他们很用心也很有决心,而对于他们两个而言,涨潮都会发生,一切都会结束.As the waves near, the wise child jumps to his feet and begins to clap.There is

10、 no sorrow. No fear. No regret. He knew this would happen. He is not surprised.然而,巨浪来临时,聪明的男孩欢呼,跳跃,没有痛苦,没有恐惧,没 有遗憾.他知道这一切都会发生,他并不感到惊讶.And when the great breaker crashes into his castle and his masterpiece is sucked into the sea, he smiles. He smiles, picks up his tools, takes his father ' s hand

11、, and goes home.当这巨大的破坏者击碎他的城堡,将他的杰作卷入大海,男孩笑了, 收拾好他的工具,拉着父亲的手,回家了.The grownup, however, is not so wise. As the wave of year collapses on his castle he is terrified. He tries to protect the sandy monument. He blocks the waves from the walls he has made. "It ms castle, Ke protests.然而,这位成年人,当岁月的巨浪

12、击毁他的承包,他害怕了,他试图 保护这沙质纪念 碑.他试图阻止巨浪袭击他建的城墙.“这是我的城 堡！ 他怒吼道.The ocean need not respond. Both know to whom the sand belongs.海洋不需要回应.两者都明白沙子的归宿.I don ' t know much about sandcastles. But children do. Watch them andlearn. Go ahead and build, but build with a child' s heart.我对沙堡所知甚少,但男孩知道,他看着它们,学习着.

13、走上前用心地 建造.When the sun sets and the tides take applaud.太阳升起了,潮水在为他鼓掌,向生命的过程敬礼,回家.Salute the process of life and go home.03、The Dignity of Life 生命的尊严Once I sent off a friend to the railway station. We called a taxi and put several heavy suitcases in the trunk. Getting off, a middle-age man leaning on

14、 a crutch opened the door for us. After that, he stretched out a small dirty pot to us. On the pot were stacked with coins and banknotes of one or two jiao.有一次,我去火车站送朋友.我们叫了辆出租车,把几个沉重的箱子 放在车后面.下车时,一个拄着拐杖的中年人给我们翻开了车门.接 着,他向我们伸出一个肮脏的小盆.盆上堆满了一毛两毛的硬币和纸币.I asked my friend if she had some changes. She sho

15、ok her head. I had to give him two yuan used for buying the platform ticket to the middle-age man. Shocked, he kept jerking the small pot, as if he received so much money for the first time. 我问朋友是否有零钱.朋友摇了摇头.我只好把准备用来买站台票的 两元钱都给了 那个中年人.中年人大吃一惊,手不停地抖动着小盆 子,好似他第一次收到这么多钱.Not caring, we went straight to

16、the trunk to fetch the suitcases. My friend took out one suitcase with all her might .Just as she was about to pick up another, a dark stout hand stretched in." Let me do it. He pickedsuitcase and insisted on carrying it for us to the railway station entrance.“ No, thank you. You are so compass

17、ion."My friend and I didn' t giveheart. " No, I must send you off. " He limped towards the station, his left hand leaning on a crutch and his light hand carrying the large suitcase.我们没在意,径直往后车厢去拿箱子.朋友费了很大的力气,才拿出来一个.刚要提起另一只时,一只粗壮黝黑的大手伸过来.“我来！他一把拿过那只箱子,坚持要帮我们把箱子提到车站门口. “不用了, 谢谢.你也不方

18、便啊！"我和朋友都不忍心.“不行,一 定要送.他 左手拄着拐杖,右手提着大箱子,一痛一拐地往车站方向走去.Compassion and dignity have sublimated love.怜悯和尊严使爱心得到升华.04、Just for Today 就为了今天Just for today I will try to live through this day only and not tackle mywhole life problem at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I

19、 had to keep it up for a lifetime.就为了今天,我将尽力只度过今天而不马上去解决终身的问题.对一件令我沮丧而又必须坚持一辈子的事,我只能坚持十二个小时.Just for today I will be happy. This assumesto be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that “ Most folks are as hOippynaalke up their minds to be. 就为了今天,我会很快乐.亚伯拉罕林肯说过,“大多数人都是决定想怎么快乐就怎么快乐.这已经被认为是真理.Just for today

20、I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I wll take my “luck as it comes. 就为了今天,我会做自我调整适应事物本来的面目,而不是想方设法 使每一件事满足自己的欲望.当时机来临的时候我会抓住它.Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer.

21、 I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.就为了今天,我会尽力心强志坚.我会学习,学一些有用的东西.我 不会做一个精神上的流浪汉.我会读一些需要努力、思考和注意力集 中的东西.Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways. I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out If anybody knows of it, it will not count. I will do at

22、 least two things I don' t want to do-just for exercise. I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt they may be hurt, but today I will not show it.就为了今天,我会用三种方法来磨炼我的灵魂.我会做对某人有利的 事但不能被发 现,假设有人发现了就不算数.我将会做至少两件我不 愿做的事情一一只为了磨炼.我不会让任何人感到我的感情受到了伤 害:它们可能受到了伤害,但今天我不想表现出来.Just for today I will be a

23、greeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit, and try not to improve or regulate anybody but myself.就为了今天,我会过得很惬意.看起来我到达了最正确状态,穿着得体、 讲话谦虚、行为 礼貌、一点不吹毛求疵,尽量改进和调节自己而不 是别人.Just for today I will have a program, I may not follow it exactly, but

24、 I will have it. I will save myself from two pests： hurry and indecision.就为了今天,我会制定一个方案,我也许不会严格地遵守它,但我一 定要有方案.我 会预防两种错误：仓促行事和优柔寡断.Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life. 就为了今天,我将会单独静静地待上

25、半小时放松.在这半小时里,某 个时刻,我会在日后对我的生活有个更好的看法.Just for today I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.就为了今天,我将不再害怕.尤其我不会再害怕享受美丽的事物,并 且相信我给予世 界的,世界也会给予我.05、Suit Is the Best适合的才是最好的The proper force of

26、 words lies not in the words themselves, but in their application. A word may be a fine sounding word, of an unusual length, and very imposing from its learning and novelty, and yet in the connection in which it is introduced may be quite pointless and irrelevant. It is not pomp or pretension , but

27、the adaptation of the expression to the idea, that clenches a writer s meanincj： as it is not the size or glossiness of the materials, but their being fitted each to its place, that gives strength to the arch; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger tim

28、ber, and more so than the mere showy, unsubstantial ornaments. I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth. I hate to see a load of bandboxes go along the street, and I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them. A person who dews not deliberately dimples of all his thoughts alike in cumbrous draperies and flimsy disguises may strike out twenty varieties of familiar everyday language, each coming somewhat nearer to the feeling he wants to convey, and at